Adjustable table.



No. 65l,638. Patented lune l2, I900. S. N. NORRIS.

ADJUSTABLE TABLE.

(Application filed July 25, 1899.)

(No Model.) v 2 Sheets-Sheet I.

Wilma max No. 65l,638. Patented June 12, 1900. S. N. NORRIS.

ADJUSTABLE TABLE.-

(Application filed. July 25, 1899.)

-2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN N. NORRIS, OF NEXV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE FLEISCH- MANNS VIENNA MODEL BAKERY, OF NEW YORK.

ADJUSTABLE TABLE. n

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 651 ,638, dated June 12, 1900.

Application filed July 25, 1899. Serial ITO- 725,036. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, STEPHEN N. NORRIS, of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Tables, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved adjustable table; Fig. 2, a similar View showing the table-top raised; Fig. 3, a similar view showing the top of the table projected forwardly. Figs. 4 and 5 are respectively rear and front views of the table, the first in position shown in Fig. 2, and the other in position shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a plan View, and Fig. 7 an elevation showing the table in use in connection with a baking-oven.

Similar letters and figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all views of the drawings.

My invention relates to factory utensils; and it consists of the hereinafter-described construction of an adjustable table and of the mechanism for operating the top thereof in such manner that the same is raised and lowered or projected and receded, as may be required in the performance of any particular kind of work.

My improved adjustable table is especially useful in connection with baking-ovens having two or more baking-platforms, because it enables the baker to withdraw the pans from either platform of the oven without employing any intermediate device and by shifting them always on the same level. This use of my improved table in connection with a baking oven having two superimposed bakingplatforms U and W is shown in Fig. 7.

My improved adjustable table consists of a frame A, set on the posts 1, the stationary top B, affixed to frame A, the movable top 0,

their sides.

table is to be used. The drawings illustrate the table, made of lumber in plain oblong shape, and the tops, composed of planks 5, secured some distance apart from each other to ties 7 and provided with flanges 6 along This arrangement of the tops may be varied, according to the purpose for which the table is to serve.

The movable top 0 is connected to the frame A of the table by links 2 and levers 3, which are pivoted thereto by bolts 8 and 9, respectively. When in its lowermost position, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, top O rests on the frame A. In this position apart of the top O extends rearwardly some distance beyond the frame A. The movable top O is operated by levers 3, shown in the drawings as extensions of links 2. These levers, however, may be secured to the links in any suitable manner, so as not to interfere with the clear access to the top of the table, or they may be provided independently of the links, and in that case detachably secured thereto. All these modifications in the shape or location of the levers 3 are within the scope of my invention and may be used as the purpose of the table may require.

It is necessary that in every position the top 0 of the table be held securely to the frame A, and for this purpose braces 4: are provided. These braces are pivoted to the frame A by pivots 10 and are provided with slots 11, in which pins 12, secured to the levers 3, engage. One or more notches 13 are provided along the upper edge of the slots 11. These notches or recesses 13 serve to receive the shanks of pins 12, when the movable top O is brought in the required position, and thereby to hold the top securely in position. these braces otherdevices may be usedas, for instance, segments with serrated edges affixed to the frame and pawls affixed to the movable tops. For the purpose for which this table was devised the arrangement of the braces 4, provided with notches 13 and pins 12, is most serviceable.

The top of the table is operated by levers 3 or by any other device that might be used in place thereof, as clearly appears from Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of the drawings, except that the In place of' opera tor before moving the levers must first disengage pins 12 from the recesses 13 in the slots of the braces.

My invention is also applicable to ordinary tables having a full stationary top. These tables may be provided with such an additional movable top as sometimes may be re-- qnired in factories, tailoring-shops, and simi- In such case the movlar establishments. able top 0 is set on top of the stationary top B, extending the whole width and length of the table, and the links 2 are pivoted to the arm-frame of the table and to the movable top ing the latterin position relative to the frame, levers secured to the links, oscillating braces pivoted with one end to the frame and having slots in the other end, notches provided in the edges of the slots, pins set in the links connecting the top to the frame of the table and engaging in the slots and notches of the braces and thereby securing the top immovably in position.

2. The combination with a table of amovable top, connected thereto by links pivoted to the table and to the movable top, pins set in the links, means for raising and lowering the movable top; oscillating braces pivoted to thetable and having slots provided with notches on their free ends, engaging with the pins when the top is raised above the table and thereby locking the movable top in raised position.

STEPHEN N. NORRIS.

WVitnesses:

WM. GREVEL, L. J. BENSON. 

